Monday 19 December 2022

Willem de Kooning - part 9

Willem de Kooning (1904 – 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.

In the years after World War II, de Kooning painted in a style that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism or "action painting", and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb, Anne Ryan, Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still, and Richard Pousette-Dart. De Kooning's retrospective held at MoMA in 2011–2012 made him one of the best-known artists of the 20th century.

For a more comprehensive biography of de Kooning see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 8 also.

This is part 9 of a 10-part series on the works of Willem de Kooning:


c1975 Decomposition of Man
tusche on vellum 54.6 x 45.1 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1975 George Spaventa, Franky the Waiter and an unidentified Man at Cedar Bar
charcoal on paper laid down on canvas 59.7 x 47 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1975 Untitled
charcoal on vellum mounted on paper 61.6 x 48.6 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Devil at the Keyboard
colour lithograph 52.1 x 43.8 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 East Hampton Garden Party
oil on paper mounted on canvas 76.2 x 102.4 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Figures in a Landscape #2
oil on paper mounted on canvas 76.6 x 88.9 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Figures in Landscape
oil on paper laid down on canvas 76.2 x 91.4 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled V
oil on canvas (size not given)
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

1976 Untitled VII
oil on canvas 149.9 x 139.7 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled XIV
oil on canvas 177.8 x 203.2 cm
SFMoMA
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled XVI
oil on canvas 152.7 x 136.8 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled XVII
oil on canvas 150.8 x 139.4 cm
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled XVIII
oil on canvas (size not given)
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled XXI
oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled III
oil on canvas 175.6 x 201.8 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled
oil on newspaper 57.2 x 73.7 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled
oil on newspaper mounted on paper mounted on linen
74 x 57 cm
MoMA, New York
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976 Untitled
oil on newsprint laid on canvas 57.8 x 75.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1976-77 Untitled
oil on canvas 139.7 x 150.8 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1976 Untitled
oil on newsprint laid on canvas 59 x 74.9 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled XXII
oil on canvas 177.8 x 203.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled (Figure in a Landscape)
oil on paper mounted on canvas 105 x 76.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled II
oil on canvas 195.6 x 223.5 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled V
oil on canvas 201.9 x 175.8 cm
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
© Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled IX (Triptych)
oil on canvas 177.8 x 202.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled X
oil on canvas 150.5 x 139.7 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled XV
oil on canvas 149.9 x139.7 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled XVIII (North Atlantic Light)
oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled XIX
oil on canvas 202.6 x 177.8 cm
MoMA, New York
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled XX
oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled XXX
oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled
oil on canvas 137.1 x 152.4 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1977 Untitled
oil on newsprint laid on canvas 74.9 x 57.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1977-80 Untitled
oil on paper laid on canvas 58 x 73 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1977 Untitled
oil on newspaper 55.9 x 73 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1977 Untitled
oil on newsprint 51.2 x 71.1 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1977 Untitled
oil on newsprint mounted on board 55.8 x 71.1 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1977 Untitled
oil on newsprint mounted on canvas 59.1 x 74.3 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled III
oil on canvas 194.6 x 221.9 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled IV
oil on canvas 178.4 x 203.8 cm
Private Collection
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled V
oil on canvas (size not given)
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled VI
oil on canvas (size not given)
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled
oil and charcoal on paper 90.8 x 76.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled
oil on newsprint 56 x 70.5 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1978 Untitled
oil on newsprint laid down on canvas 55.9 x 71.1 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1978 Untitled
ink wash and gouache on paper 30.5 x 51.7 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1978 Untitled
 monotype 60.5 x 45.2 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1979 Paris Review
colour lithograph 58.5 x 73.7 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1979 Untitled
oil on newspaper 55.9 x 73.7 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1979 Untitled (Woman)
charcoal on paper 28 x 21.3 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

c1979 Untitled
charcoal on paper 27.9 x 21.6 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1980 Figures in a Landscape
colour lithograph 92.7 x 81.4 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1980 The Wind Horse
oil on newsprint laid down on canvas 73.7 x 58.4 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1980 Untitled II
oil and newsprint laid down on canvas 195.6 x 223.5 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1980 Untitled V
oil on canvas 175.8 x 201.6 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1980 Untitled VI
oil on canvas 137.2 x 152.4 cm
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation -
 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York




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